Student Profile Archives

Student Profile: Kristina Murphy, A Continuing Education

September 21, 2020

Nichols senior Kristina Murphy, from North Attleboro, Massachusetts, recalls her college search during senior year in high school. “I wanted to go to a smaller school and didn’t want to go too far. On the campus tour, I really liked how they had small class sizes and I realized that this was the place for […]

Student Profile: A State Trooper In The Making

May 11, 2020

Earlier this month, Desiree Rivera graduated from Nichols in only three years, an achievement built on taking college courses through a high school program offered at the University of Connecticut. The Criminal Justice major will be entering the law enforcement field with a head start at the age of 20. It also means that she […]

Student Profile: No Stone Unturned At Nichols

March 17, 2020

You might think that junior Rebecca John has left no stone unturned during her college career at Nichols. She’s a student in the college’s academic Honors Program, a member of the Emerging Leaders Program, a resident assistant, and a teaching assistant, all the while participating in the Windfall literary magazine, the Law Club, and the Human Resources Club, for which she serves as vice president. Along the way, John […]

Student Profile: Tyler Kenney – Blazing His Own Trail

February 11, 2020

“Learn. Lead. Succeed” may serve as the motto for Nichols, but it also fits the present career and future ambitions of senior Tyler Kenney to a T. Kenney made no secret of his commitment to those three imperatives when he sat down to talk, wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Nichols “Emerging Leaders’’ logo. And […]

Student Profile: Michaela Gamache – A Leader For The Liberal Arts

December 20, 2019

Nichols is a school for more than just business, as Michaela Gamache proves. Although Nichols has long been known for its wide array of majors in business, sport management, and criminal justice, the liberal arts have also held their own in the college’s curriculum. That’s where senior Michaela Gamache fits in. Perfectly. Gamache […]

Student Profile: Spenser Molloy, First Time’s The Charm

December 6, 2019

If Spenser Molloy is being completely honest, he will tell you he wasn’t planning on becoming Student Government Association (SGA) President so soon. In fact, he wasn’t planning on becoming SGA President at all. Molloy, a junior Corporate Finance & Investments and Economics double major from Grantham, New Hampshire, said he wasn’t interested in running […]

Student Profile: A Success Story Who Looks Out For Others

November 25, 2019

To senior Ben Lawson, his economics major means more than textbook learning and an attractive career. It’s personal. Lawson’s attraction to the subject came from real life questions. “The gist of it really stood out to me,” he said. “Why will my parents work 40 to 50 hours each week and still have difficulty paying […]

Student Profile: Cari Cyr, A Perfect Combination

November 14, 2019

Cari Cyr makes a daily 45-minute commute each way to the Nichols campus from Tolland, Connecticut. And on the strength of a creative double major, Cyr is hoping that the road will eventually lead to Foxborough, Massachusetts, and the home of the New England Patriots. “My dream is to work at Gillette, not just with the […]

Student Profile: Lexxus Andrews Lends A Helping Hand

October 7, 2019

Lexxus Andrews knows how to help others. The senior Criminal Justice major with a psychology minor from Uxbridge, MA has extended her work in the classroom to a non-stop commitment to service organizations on- off-campus—from a program with local high school students to the local Boys and Girls Club and the organization Big Sisters. Her […]

Student Profile: Liam Gorman Is A Family Man

September 5, 2019

Without any hesitation, Liam Gorman ticks off the three things he values most about his time at Nichols. “Football, friends, and a second family,” the senior athlete and Sport Management major insists, explaining that he joined his extended family as soon as he arrived on campus from Ashburnham, Massachusetts. “I knew some people here who […]

Student Profile: Nick Anderson Is Taking A Road Less Travelled

July 2, 2019

Nick Anderson is entrepreneurial. For starters, this Nichols general business major, who is entering his junior year, is pursuing a concentration in entrepreneurship. He has already spent one internship working for a startup company that creates software to track food waste. And he envisions a career of bringing his own business ideas to life. “I […]

Student Profile: Callie Andrews ’19 Is A Nichols Sportswoman Through And Through

May 20, 2019

Over four years ago, Callie Andrews was accepted by eight colleges. It didn’t take long, however, for the Southbridge, Mass., resident to choose the one closest to home. “Nichols College gave me the best package,” she said, noting that the attraction included more than financial aid. The clincher was being able to play college basketball […]